CLOSED: Blanket of eggs on Ginkgo leaf. Good or bad???

Anyone know what these are? Should I leave 'em? Burn 'em?

hmmm, never seen a variegated ginkgo before. What a great specimen.
Sorry, I don't know anything about the eggs.

Thanks....I try to find the strangest Ginkgoes I can. Here's a better shot of the leaves. I have 3 different variegated cultivars....

Ohh that is SO pretty!!!
DOnt know about the eggs though, sorry.

It will be interesting to see what these turn out to be, as ginkgo trees are renowned for their lack of foliage pests.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Hope they're not too hungry....

Sniff sniff.. bye bye bonsai? :-(

There are soooo many of them. I would take that leaf and put it in a jar until I saw what they became. Easier to contain that way, in case you find out they're waaaay baad. And I highly suspect they aren't up to any good.

yes ceejay, i could see their shifty eyes in the photos... up to no good!

I think I'll do the jar route. I'll keep you all posted as what critters are awaiting a Ginkgo buffet....

LOL, Crimson!!

Thanks, dybbuk. I'm very curious. My "Garden Insects of North America" lists grape mealybug, whitemarked tussock moth, fruittree leafroller, and omnivorous looper as pests of Gingko, but none of them match your photo.

:-D
They closed it cause they squished them!! LOL

looks very much like some kind of katydid or stinkbug eggs.

Katydid eggs are flat and laid in a single line, overlapping one another. Stinkbug eggs have what appears to be kind of a cap on them. And there aren't nearly that many eggs. Thank goodness!!!!!

this is marked solved--what were they? or was that an error?

I agree with trackinsand, the eggs look much like stinkbugs. They are certainly big enough as Ginkgo leaves are large, and they do look to have a cap on them although it is difficult to see. The number of eggs is perhaps too many, but who knows, maybe some lay a lot or more than one lays in the same place.

Waiting to see the results too! I found a site which mentions pests, although it is possible some other bug has decided it would be a good host where they would normally use another plant which may not be available. I had stinkbugs or shield bug eggs on a Paulownia leaf, they seem to like big leaves.

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17924

I;'m very excited about seeing what these bugs are too, LOL.